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On National Environment Day, SCI Team and Humaid Kanji, Environmental Economist at Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, hosted an online session, with 97 participants, to discuss the impacts of climate change and the ongoing pandemic on local and international economies. During the session, Humaid shared a collection of findings that indicate a drastic slowdown in economies and reiterated that the deceleration of climate change during the pandemic is only temporary. With these findings in place, further efforts need to be done quickly to progress the Green recovery for our environment and economy. Additionally, guest speakers, Ahmed Al Rumaithi, Sustainability Specialist, and Harish Somayajula, Senior Engineer at Borouge explained the company’s efforts to reduce environmental impacts, while exceeding the levels in production. 2 years ago, Borouge released Ruwais Environmental Sustainability Programme to mitigate environmental impacts in Ruwais operation facilities. Last year, Borouge facility recorded the lowest energy consumption, reducing GHG emissions, flaring, hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Ahmed said, “In 2020, we recorded the lowest energy consumption and had the highest production, therefore mitigating the overall environmental risk”.